re: #691 LGoPs

I’m a cynic. I think this spending bill is a win-win for the Democrats. They get to fund all their pet projects and in the process convince more people to keep voting for them. If the economy recovers, so be it.
If the stimulus fails and in doing so deepens the problems by killing private sector jobs, no problem. They just have that much more excuse to have the government muscle in more and take over - which I think is their ultimate goal. Like Rahm Emmanuel (I think) said - never let a crisis go to waste. The end result is instant socialism/communism and the Russians didn’t even have to launch their tank divisions……
This might seem like a blinding flash of the obvious but I wanted to say it anyway……

I gave you a ding, but I would have only given you a half ding if I could because I think you have a flaw in logic.

The dems are betting that the economy will recover dispite the silly bill. And the economy just might get better.

If the Economy does not improve, they are sunk. They pass a trillion $ spending package, they own the economy. Should the economy sink fuirther, there will be an anti-incumbent sentiment in 2010 and 2012.